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Did No Doubt SELL OUT Tom Dumont Explains
No Doubt were often accused of selling out or changing their style to appease mainstream audiences. However, guitarist Tom Dumont explains that this stylistic change occured because their keyboard player left the band. Yup, Gwen Stefani's brother Eric who helped start the band and was their creative fuel for the first two albums, left the band right before their career took off. However, he did go on to have a prolific career as an animator on animated cartoons such as The Simpsons and the Ren & Stimpy Show, so don't feel too bad for him.
As for the change in the band's songwriting approach, guitarist Tom Dumont told an interviewer:
"Well, there is a reason that the sound of our music has changed, and it's not because we've sold out — easy for me to say. Eric, our keyboard player, used to write most of our songs. He was the main creative force in the band for many years. And at a certain point after that first album came out, he had this personal thing, like he didn't like touring, he didn't like all that stuff.
He just liked to sit down and write songs. That's him. He's the artistic side, the total Mr. Creative. We have a simpler style. We're not quite genius like him, I think. This album was our first attempt. It was Gwen's first time really writing all the lyrics herself, so to me, it went the opposite from selling out — we have done something that is even more personal.
In the past, Eric was writing songs about his life and having Gwen sing them. Now we have Gwen singing and writing about her own experiences. It makes it more natural. She's a singer, she should sing about herself or sing what she wants to sing. I think that is the main reason why our musical style has changed." - Dumont, Interview With Tom Dumont, quoted from Wikipedia (accessed Sep 8, 2023)
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